IDENTITY THEFT Photo by KatB Photography This morning I received a very strange telephone call for a frantic woman, sharing anonymously with me that she had located my name on a Deed of Sale to a house that I have never owned, with a man that I have never met. Finding that this information troubled me, flashing me back over fifteen years when I had lost my purse on a return trip from Europe, with every stitch of IDENTIFICATION in it, left me feeling uneasy. Upon further … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – Identity Theft
January 11, 2013 by admin
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BENIN, girl denied education for not being registered at birth
August 3, 2012 by Team Celebration
COTONOU, Benin, – Since January 2011, 17-year-old Irene Godonou A. has been an apprentice at a sewing programme in Agblangandan, located a half-hour’s drive from Cotonou. When she gazes up from her sewing machine, she projects an image of pride and determination. But her hard work has been undermined by one unfortunate fact: She has been unable to attend secondary school because she lacks a birth certificate. She was forced to enrol instead in the sewing class, part of a vocational … [Read more...]